Push

Push
Claire Wallis

I feel like I am wrapped in a cyclone. Everything is whirling around me, drawing the air out of my lungs and filling me with the best kind of turmoil. Every time his tongue slides against mine, a prickle in my gut tells me how right we are together. How much I need David. How much I need us.I hope the cyclone never stops.Emma Searfoss has spent a lifetime trying to escape her abusive stepfather. It's why she moved far away from home. It's why she's kept no ties with her remaining family. And it's why she's got a major rage problem. When her neighbor shows up to fix the kitchen in her new apartment, his enigmatic charm calms the fire in her. David is cool and collected, and he makes Emma feel safe for the first time ever. But David has his own chilling past–his six previous girlfriends have all disappeared without a trace. Emma's walking a dangerous line, but David's pull is intoxicating. And impossible to resist…This is a new adult romance with mature content for readers 17 and up.www.clairewallis.com

I feel like I am wrapped in a cyclone. Everything is whirling around me, drawing the air out of my lungs and filling me with the best kind of turmoil. Every time his tongue slides against mine, a prickle in my gut tells me how right we are together. How much I need David. How much I need us.

I hope the cyclone never stops.

Emma Searfoss has spent a lifetime trying to escape her abusive stepfather. It’s why she moved far away from home. It’s why she’s kept no ties with her remaining family. And it’s why she’s got a major rage problem. When her neighbor shows up to fix the kitchen in her new apartment, his enigmatic charm calms the fire in her. David is cool and collected, and he makes Emma feel safe for the first time ever. But David has his own chilling past—his six previous girlfriends have all disappeared without a trace. Emma’s walking a dangerous line, but David’s pull is intoxicating. And impossible to resist...

This is a new adult romance with mature content for readers 17 and up.

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Push

Claire Wallis

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Dedication

For Melissa

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Claire Wallis has penned hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles over the past ten years, with science playing the lead role in almost all of them. Though nonfiction writing will forever be her first love, fiction has unexpectedly swooped in, hooked her by the soul and become her true love. As a result of this coup d’état, Claire’s writing career has made a complete U-turn, and instead of rocks, plants, insects and microbes, she is now putting human characters in the lead.

Claire’s previous jobs include working at a limestone quarry, hawking vegetables at a farmer’s market, clerking at the dollar store and convincing new mothers that they need to renew their subscription to that parenting magazine in order for their child to survive. She lives in Pennsylvania with her amazingly awesome husband and son.

Connect with Claire by visiting her website, www.clairewallis.com (http://www.clairewallis.com); following her on Twitter, @ClaireWallisNA (https://twitter.com/ClaireWallisNA); and checking out her author page on Facebook.

Contents

Emma's Prologue (#u9b34d5af-9e92-550e-9d2d-176a9ae354e7)

David's Prologue (#u679b1332-4763-5345-92b2-02f72bbc6327)

Chapter One (#ua150a066-6b93-5ef3-a48e-68b44a28700f)

Chapter Two (#u7dedd447-f076-5cee-b186-895fc6a23dc8)

Chapter Three (#uc68da78f-2f6b-533b-a501-8819fcc5ffc9)

Chapter Four (#ue2090527-2840-5b61-b03d-448033487299)

Chapter Five (#u83b56c3f-1044-5bf3-8110-a218e2220db6)

Chapter Six (#u1c3f5e4a-c5aa-55e5-9848-ea737fdb8548)

Chapter Seven (#ua8f16094-6e5f-50bc-84de-4c9f17b43ed8)

Chapter Eight (#uf33209b5-f500-5cf2-963e-1fbb8ecc1902)

Chapter Nine (#udc9e7c73-21e7-56ca-8155-740394f2c44c)

Chapter Ten (#u6eab7b32-ce87-5d2f-88bb-8f20ac54287c)

Chapter Eleven (#u4f4ecf99-f338-511f-a280-fedaaaa5182c)

Chapter Twelve (#u4f75f2be-3afd-557f-8843-7ab0451ddbc8)

Chapter Thirteen (#u84f4dd8a-f274-5017-af2a-34a31c8cc5d6)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-One (#litres_trial_promo)